Impact of Extensive Consultation on Career Development Grant Outcomes
In this study we wish is to determine whether extensive (up to 15 hours) multidisciplinary consultation in biostatistics, study design, data management, ethics, and writing provided by the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute's (CTSI) Consultation Services program, improves peer review scores of career development grants compared to usual levels of consultation.
We hypothesize that extensive multidisciplinary consultation will improve peer review scores of career development grants compared to usual levels of consultation.
We hypothesize that extensive multidisciplinary consultation will lead to greater numbers of funded grants when compared to the usual levels of consultation.
Panoramica dello studio
Stato
Condizioni
Intervento / Trattamento
Descrizione dettagliata
CTSI Consultation Services is one of the largest programs within the UCSF CTSI. It was created to improve the quality and efficiency of clinical and translational research through the provision of expert consultation. The program is divided into units that provide access to expert consultants in biostatistics, research design (with consultants representing multiple distinct methodologies and disease interests), data management (including data structure and database design), ethics, and scientific writing. With funding from the NIH, the program is able to offer a free hour of consultation in each of its units (up to 4 hours) but charges for additional services to cover costs.
There have been no studies of research consultation services. Though the benefit may seem self evident, such programs are expensive and distract senior researcher from more creative work. Justifying research consultation is important given the multitude of activities vying for attention and funding. Observational studies of the impact of research consultation services will always be limited by confounding, particularly confounding by indication since those seeking such services may be more highly motivated and organized. Thus, a randomized trial is warranted.
Tipo di studio
Iscrizione (Effettivo)
Fase
- Non applicabile
Contatti e Sedi
Luoghi di studio
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California
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San Francisco, California, Stati Uniti, 94144
- University of California, San Francisco
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Criteri di partecipazione
Criteri di ammissibilità
Età idonea allo studio
- Bambino
- Adulto
- Adulto più anziano
Accetta volontari sani
Sessi ammissibili allo studio
Descrizione
Inclusion Criteria:
- Applying for a Career Development grant from the NIH.
- Anticipated submission date is 3 or more months in the future
- Resident, fellow, or junior faculty member at UCSF or a CTSI-affiliated institution.
Recognized potential benefit from additional consultation
- Additional areas that could be improved as judged by the subject and the initial consultant
- Adequate time to provide consultation before submission date
Piano di studio
Come è strutturato lo studio?
Dettagli di progettazione
- Scopo principale: Altro
- Assegnazione: Randomizzato
- Modello interventistico: Assegnazione parallela
- Mascheramento: Separare
Armi e interventi
Gruppo di partecipanti / Arm |
Intervento / Trattamento |
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Sperimentale: 1-Extensive Consultations
Intervention- Receives extensive consulting services
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receives 15 free hours of multidisciplinary consultations towards the preparation of their career development grant.
Altri nomi:
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Nessun intervento: 2-Regular levels of service
Control - Receives regular levels of service; one hour free services from each of the 4 units, with option to pay for more.
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Cosa sta misurando lo studio?
Misure di risultato primarie
Misura del risultato |
Lasso di tempo |
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NIH priority score of the reviewed proposal, with unsubmitted or unscored proposals counted as priority scores that are right-censored at 300 (old system) or 50 (new system)
Lasso di tempo: 30 Months
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30 Months
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Misure di risultato secondarie
Misura del risultato |
Lasso di tempo |
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Percentage of subjects who obtain funding for the submitted proposal
Lasso di tempo: 30 Months
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30 Months
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Institute-specific percentile of the priority score
Lasso di tempo: 30 Months
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30 Months
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Percentage of subjects who submit proposals for funding
Lasso di tempo: 30 Months
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30 Months
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Percentage of subjects who received a good score (<40 or <200) which may be associated with future funding of a resubmission
Lasso di tempo: 30 Months
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30 Months
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Percentage of subjects who obtained any career development award funding
Lasso di tempo: 30 Months
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30 Months
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Collaboratori e investigatori
Investigatori
- Investigatore principale: Alka Kanaya, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Direttore dello studio: Peter Bacchetti, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
- Direttore dello studio: Clay Johnston, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Studiare le date dei record
Studia le date principali
Inizio studio
Completamento primario (Effettivo)
Completamento dello studio (Effettivo)
Date di iscrizione allo studio
Primo inviato
Primo inviato che soddisfa i criteri di controllo qualità
Primo Inserito (Stima)
Aggiornamenti dei record di studio
Ultimo aggiornamento pubblicato (Effettivo)
Ultimo aggiornamento inviato che soddisfa i criteri QC
Ultimo verificato
Maggiori informazioni
Termini relativi a questo studio
Parole chiave
Altri numeri di identificazione dello studio
- K-Trial
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